Jim Kaat

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 205lb (193cm, 92kg)

Born: November 7, 1938 in Zeeland, MI us

High School: Zeeland HS (Zeeland, MI)

School: Hope College (Holland, MI)

Debut: August 2, 1959 (Age 20-268d, 11,662nd in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: July 1, 1983 (Age 44-236d)
vs. PIT 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2022. (Voted by Golden Days Era Committee)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1960 season

Full Name: James Lee Kaat

Nicknames: Kitty

Pronunciation: \cott\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

50.5

283

237

ERA

3.45

898

625

4530.1

2461

WHIP

1.259

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-14 / in Starts: 12-12
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	25 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 50 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	33 (16-14-3)
Avg. MLBer w/ 50 PAs	5
Avg. Runners on Base	30 (14-10-5)

Most Driven In
T Sizemore	2
G Maddox	1
B Boone	1
T Cruz	0

Most Driven In By
J Martin	1
M Schmidt	1
R Hebner	1

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	636	13 (12)	Apr 25	PHI		CHC	W,7-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	.60	0.063	1.00	0.06%	0.58	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	637	19 (5)	May 3	PHI	@	CIN	L,3-12	2-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	9	.50	-0.014	.88	-0.02%	-0.21	P
3	638	27 (7)	May 13	PHI		CIN	L,3-4	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	9	1.04	-0.026	2.05	-0.03%	-0.21	P
4	639	33 (5)	May 19	PHI	@	NYM	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	9	1.35	-0.061	3.21	-0.09%	-0.42	P
5	640	36 (2)	May 24	PHI	@	CHC	L,4-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	9	1.25	-0.068	3.21	-0.11%	-0.55	P
6	641	41 (4)	May 29	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.077	.000	.077	9	.80	-0.059	1.43	-0.06%	-0.57	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	642	46 (4)	Jun 4	PHI		LAD	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.059	.000	.059	9	.67	-0.018	1.21	-0.02%	-0.84	P
8	643	51 (4)	Jun 10	PHI		ATL	W,6-2	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.053	.000	.053	9	.72	-0.035	1.45	-0.04%	-0.24	P
9	644	56 (4)	Jun 15	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-6	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.050	.000	.050	9	1.54	-0.033	3.12	-0.04%	-0.44	P
10	645	64 (7)	Jun 24	PHI		CHC	W,6-2	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.048	.091	.048	.139	9	.53	0.067	1.76	0.14%	0.69	P
11	646	69 (4)	Jun 29	PHI	@	CHC	W,9-3	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.120	.083	.203	9	.55	-0.015	2.15	-0.03%	-0.28	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	647	77 (7)	Jul 6	PHI		MON	W,7-6	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.148	.115	.264	9	1.06	0.157	3.39	0.30%	1.90	P
13	648	83 (5)	Jul 15	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.143	.111	.254	9	.58	-0.014	1.51	-0.02%	-0.16	P
14	649	88 (4)	Jul 20	PHI		CIN	W,8-6	GS-5	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.167	.172	.339	9	1.20	0.120	3.51	0.21%	0.76	P
15	650	95 (6)	Jul 26	PHI		ATL	L,2-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.161	.167	.328	9	1.56	-0.035	4.19	-0.06%	-0.34	P
16	651	98 (2)	Jul 29	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-6	2-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.129	.156	.161	.318	9	.46	-0.011	1.24	-0.02%	-0.21	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	652	104 (5)	Aug 4 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.152	.156	.308	9	.71	-0.017	2.41	-0.04%	-0.15	P
18	653	110 (5)	Aug 9	PHI	@	STL	W,6-3	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.167	.171	.338	9	.64	-0.007	1.96	-0.01%	-0.06	P
19	654	116 (5)	Aug 16	PHI		LAD	L,2-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.162	.167	.329	9	.26	-0.007	.79	-0.01%	-0.09	P
20	655	123 (6)	Aug 23	PHI		SDP	L,5-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.135	.158	.162	.320	9	1.87	-0.091	6.25	-0.18%	-0.73	P
21	656	128 (4)	Aug 28	PHI	@	SDP	W,6-1	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.167	.171	.337	9	.97	-0.066	3.79	-0.15%	-0.90	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	657	134 (5)	Sep 3 (2)	PHI	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.159	.163	.322	9	.45	-0.021	1.65	-0.05%	-0.27	P
23	658	140 (5)	Sep 8 (2)	PHI		STL	W,2-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.152	.156	.308	9	1.60	-0.106	6.06	-0.24%	-0.81	P
24	659	147 (6)	Sep 15	PHI		NYM	L,4-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.133	.152	.156	.308	9						P
25	660	156 (8)	Sep 26 (1)	PHI		MON	W,5-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.146	.149	.295	9	.64	-0.035	1.39	-0.05%	-0.43	P
26	661	162 (5)	Oct 1	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.163	.167	.330	9	.71	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.25	P
							12-14		50	48	4	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	15	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.146	.163	.167	.330		.87	-0.304	2.41	-0.55%	-3.72

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